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She was the sad bride that the man who had directed him to Buthrotum was speaking of.
Supo también que era ella la reina triste de la que le había hablado el hombre que lo llevara a Butrinto.
His grandfather Peleus refused to keep him in his house, and he left for Buthrotum in Epirus.
Su abuelo Peleo lo echó de casa y él se fue a Butrinto, en Épiro.
After long wanderings and much suffering, I reached Buthrotum and the house of Pyrrhus.
Después de mucho vagar y de muchas penurias llegué a Butrinto, a casa de Pirro.
Buthrotum appeared towards evening, walls reddish in the twilight, standing out against the deep green of the surrounding woods.
Butrinto apareció hacia el atardecer; sus murallas rojizas bajo la luz del crepúsculo se recortaban contra el verde oscuro de los bosques circundantes.
He asked the fishermen where he could find the king’s house, and they answered that he must continue along the coast, never losing sight of the sea, proceeding south until he reached a place called Buthrotum.
Le preguntó a los pescadores dónde estaba la casa del rey y le respondieron que tenía que seguir andando por la costa; si lo lograba, y sin perder nunca de vista el mar, debía dirigirse hacia el mediodía hasta llegar a un lugar llamado Butrinto.
He said: ‘I will come with you, wanax, if you so wish, and I will serve you as I served my king, lord Diomedes, shepherd of heroes.’ His voice trembled as he said those words, for he was thinking of his comrades, who wandered through a distant, unknown land. He was thinking of the solitary, weedy mound on the mountains of Buthrotum. And he was thinking of the woman who had found him at his most desperate; she who had taken him home with her and sheltered him from harsh cold and solitude.
—Iré contigo, wanax —le dijo—, si ése es tu deseo, y te serviré como serví a mi señor, el rey Diomedes, pastor de héroes. Al pronunciar aquellas palabras le tembló la voz, porque pensaba en sus compañeros que vagaban lejos, en una tierra desconocida, pensaba en el túmulo solitario cubierto de grama en las montañas de Butrinto y también en la mujer que lo había cobijado, exhausto y desesperado, y que lo había protegido de los rigores de la soledad y el frío.
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